9780374221294. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 296. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Osman is a young university student whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a mysterious book. Osman becomes obsessed with the book which seems to contain all the magic and power of life and love. Romantic and elusive The New Life is a rhapsody to love and an investigation into the shadowy nature of self.